Description
Important set of historiated buttons, France and England, circa 1880-1900, a cape buckle and 122 buttons including A. Parent, mounted on three boards. Buttons in gilded and silvered metal, stamped and engraved, some openwork. Decorated with historical figures such as Vercingetorix, Charles I and Napoleon; literary heroes including Esmeralda, Romeo and Juliet, Vendredi; ancient figures and mythology including Jupiter, Mars and Minerva. Diam. 2.3 cm to 4.5 cm
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Important set of historiated buttons, France and England, circa 1880-1900, a cape buckle and 122 buttons including A. Parent, mounted on three boards. Buttons in gilded and silvered metal, stamped and engraved, some openwork. Decorated with historical figures such as Vercingetorix, Charles I and Napoleon; literary heroes including Esmeralda, Romeo and Juliet, Vendredi; ancient figures and mythology including Jupiter, Mars and Minerva. Diam. 2.3 cm to 4.5 cm
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